trickery

The word “trickery” has 3 syllables: trick-er-y

It's pronounced as /ˈtrɪkəri/

What is synonym and antonym for trickery?

In the thesaurus, “trickery” has 57 synonyms and 11 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for trickery along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for trickery

artfulness
artifice
cageyness
caginess
chicane
chicanery
craftiness
crookedness
crookery
cunning
deceit
deceitfulness
deception
deceptiveness
design
deviousness
dirty pool
dirty tricks
dishonesty
dissimulation
double-dealing
dupery
duplicity
fakery
foxiness
gamesmanship
guile
guilefulness
hanky-panky
humbuggery
hypocrisy
imposture
insincerity
jiggery-pokery
jugglery
legerdemain
oiliness
plotting
quackery
scheming
secrecy
shadiness
sharpness
shiftiness
shrewdness
skulduggery
skullduggery
slickness
slipperiness
slyness
sneakiness
stealth
subterfuge
treachery
underhandedness
wile
wiliness

Antonyms for trickery

artlessness
candidness
candor
directness
forthrightness
guilelessness
ingenuousness
openness
plainness
plainspokenness
sincerity

Meanings of trickery

noun
1. Deception or underhanded behavior.
2. The art of dressing up; imposture.
3. Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.
4. An instance of deception, underhanded behavior, dressing up, imposture, artifice, etc.

Example Sentences

The magician’s performance was full of clever trickery.
He was accused of using trickery to win the election.
The story relied on trickery to mislead the readers.
She saw through his trickery and refused to be fooled.
Ancient myths often describe heroes overcoming the trickery of gods and monsters.

On this page you'll find 68 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to trickery, such as: artfulness, artifice, artlessness, cageyness, caginess, candidness, candor.

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